Bypass oem key for a clean install


RiseFall

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If I have a laptop with pre-installed Windows 11 Home and I want to format and clean install Windows 11 Pro with the official Microsoft multi-edition ISO,

I surely have the oem key of Windows 11 Home in the hardware so Windows will install the Home edition without ask any Product Key,

I want to avoid to upgrade later to the Pro edition,

It's still a solution to create a file named "ei.cfg" with the text:

[EditionID]
Professional
[Channel]
Retail

or

[Channel]
_Default
[VL]
0

and put it into the "Sources" folder of the USB support?
 
Windows Build/Version
Windows 11

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
OS
Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Ei.cfg works.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ16 GB solderedIntegrated Intel Iris XE
OS
Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS Zenbook 14
CPU
I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
Motherboard
Yep, Laptop has one.
Memory
16 GB soldered
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel Iris XE
Sound Card
Realtek built in
Monitor(s) Displays
laptop OLED screen
Screen Resolution
2880x1800 touchscreen
Hard Drives
1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
PSU
Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
Case
Yep, got one
Cooling
Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
Keyboard
Built in UK keybd
Mouse
Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
Internet Speed
900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
Browser
Edge
Antivirus
Defender
Other Info
TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
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